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Job Title: Project Coordinator Advertised Salary:£30,000 + benefits  Location: Remote, with regular travel across our network required. Our current main Hubs:  Leeds, Ellesmere Port, Burnley, Newark, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Gloucester, London.    We're the UK's largest waterways charity, looking after 2,000 miles of your canals and rivers across England and Wales. Together, let’s make sure they continue to be here for tomorrow and beyond. Our plans are to deliver a substantial increase in expenditure on our waterway network to improve its resilience through the growing impact of climate change.  The Project Coordinator will support the delivery of the Trust’s national programme of projects, including Priority Projects, Enterprise projects, MEICA projects and Other projects, to improve programme stability and provide clear reporting which will contribute to the efficient delivery of the programme.  The role will provide support in compiling programme status reports, reviewing and issuing project progress reports, administering change management procedures, preparing master programmes and monitoring project resource levels.   Location & coverage Our Project Coordinator role will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working a collaborative meetings.  Travel throughout the regional waterway network will also be expected to enable site visits, liaise with team members, and to assess/conduct necessary improvements.    The regularity & flexibility of travel will be discussed further at interview stage.    See our canal network here: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network). Regular accessibility to this network is essential. 

Internal job title: Cost Engineer Advertised Salary: £36,500 + benefits  Location: Remote working with hub allocated when required.   Remote working -  base location flexible within easy access to any of our current main Hubs:  Leeds, Liverpool, Burnley, Newark, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Gloucester, London.    Our plans to deliver a substantial increase in expenditure on our waterway network to improve its resilience, given the growing impact of climate change, demand that we make improvements in our approach, making changes to how we organise the development, planning and delivery of our work. Drawing from the best examples in the wider industry, we have identified the changes to our processes and organisational structure we need to achieve our ambitious plans. As a result, we have created a new Programme Management Office (PMO) and Cost Intelligence team.  The PMO will define the standards of programme delivery and provide governance, oversight and assurance around the delivery of our expanded work programme.   Working within the Cost Intelligence team, the Cost Engineer role is responsible for a number of activities including the capture and analysis of costs at various stages throughout the project lifecycle and identifying trends and areas of efficiency to enable the Trust to make informed decisions around the delivery of works.   Location & coverage The role will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings. Travel throughout the regional waterway network will also be expected to enable site visits, liaise with team members, and to assess/conduct necessary improvements.    The regularity & flexibility of travel will be discussed further at interview stage.    See our canal network here: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network).

Internal job title: Works Scheduler (adminstator)  Advertised Salary:£26,475 FTE (to be prorata'd) + benefits Location: Remote working with hub allocated when required. Hours:Part time, 14.8 hours hours per week. Monday & Tuesday preferable to compliment our other flexibile colleague.  Contract:12 month fixed term, job share.    Do you have experience working in fast-paced administrative and/or call centre environments?   We are the Charity for waterways and wellbeing, who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays it's part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions.    Our Infrastructure and Programmes team have a vacancy for a Work Scheduler (Administrator) on an initial 12 month fixed term contract. You will join a small team of 2 schedulers across the UK supporting our multi-disciplinary teams of around 700 operational and technical colleagues who play an important role in maintaining, conserving, renewing and protecting engineering infrastructure and assets UK wide.    Your role will be to specifically to organise work schedules, transfer programmes onto portable work devices (phones), and aid with hire desk diary management alongside other members of the team. In doing this you will support the organisation and planning of delivery of a wide range of canal engineering work, including inspections, investigations, and small works, alongside briefs for larger activities too.   Location & coverage This Works Scheduler vacancy will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working a collaborative meetings.    Relevant Hubs include: Ellesmere Port, Birmingham, Leeds or Hatton (Warwick).    The regularity & flexibility of travel will be discussed further at interview stage.    See our canal network here: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network). 

Job Title: Supporter Care Assistant Advertised Salary:£24,000 + benefits Location: Birmingham Hub Location.   We are the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays its part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions.   We are looking for a Support Care Assistant to join the Trust to assist the Supporter Journey Manager to administer all aspects of the supporter care and retention programme. The role holder will help set up and run the supporter retention programmes, in particular, but not exclusively, Friends, helping the Supporter Retention and Engagement Manager will all aspects of this work.  

See compensation detail in our 'What We Offer' section below.    Home working -  base location flexible within easy access to any of our current main Hubs: Leeds, Liverpool, Burnley, Newark, Birmingham, Hatton (Warwick), Milton Keynes, Gloucester, London.    Looking for an exciting opportunity to help both develop, and lead, in driving forward our Mechanical & Electrical refurbishment program of our M&E assets on a complex and historic waterways infrastructure? We offer professional development, flexible working, a diverse portfolio and prioritise wellbeing.   The Trust At the Canal & River Trust, we believe life’s better by water, and that the waterways we take care of make an important contribution to the health and wellbeing of local communities and economies. We have an extraordinary range of professionals to help bring our waterways to life, including people with the competence and skills to deliver our M&E refurbishment program.   Working for the Trust we believe passionately that our waterways can play an important role in mitigating the impact of climate change, helping to reduce the levels of greenhouse gas emissions which drive global warming. Our network of canals and river navigations in the hearts of towns and cities are perfectly placed to provide ‘net zero’ solutions & reduce the impact of climate change, as well as providing fantastic green & blue doorstep destination spaces for everyone to enjoy.   See how we make difference: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/how-we-make-a-difference) and the work the Trust has done over the last 10 years as a Charity: (Canal & River Trust - Celebrating 10 years as the charity making life better by water - YouTube)   The role Join us as our Principal M&E Engineer (Projects) and drive our M&E refurbishment program (Circa £4M to £6M per annum) across our diverse portfolio of M&E assets, from our mechanised locks and bridges – some of the oldest in the UK, pumping stations and water control structures, not to mention the historic Anderton Boat Lift as well as the very new. You will assess outputs from inspections, design and develop solutions, and produce specifications, and briefs to deliver works through our national framework contractors or in-house M&E delivery teams. Acting as delegated Sponsor under the Trusts Infrastructure Risk Framework, you will have the accountability for ensuring that the M&E program is governed effectively and delivers the objectives to meet the identified needs.   Your team will undertake the role of design lead within our project delivery teams, acting as the subject matter expert supporting the project manager.  You will be joining us at a very exciting time for the team when we are planning future national M&E refurbishment delivery contracts and looking to deliver more work internally.   You will join an inclusive and diversely skilled team of professional Mechanical, Electrical, SCADA and ICA Engineers, and M&E skilled technicians and operatives, that work together, share knowledge and skills and support each other.   Location & coverage This role will be offered on a remote working basis but national travel will be required. The regularity & flexibility of travel will be discussed further at interview stage.   See our canal network here: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network).

F2F Fundraising Performance Coach Salary: £30,000 + Car Cash Allowance Working Hours: 37 Hours Wednesday to Sunday. Weekend Working. Location: Hub to be agreed with daily travel around the East & West Midlands.  Full UK Vaild Driving License Essential    The Canal & River Trust is a charity entrusted with the care of over 2000 miles of canals, rivers, docks and reservoirs in England and Wales. These historic, natural and cultural assets form part of the nation’s strategic and local blue-green infrastructure network, linking urban and rural communities as well as habitats. Our waterways contribute to the health and well-being of local communities and economies, creating attractive and connected places to live, work, volunteer and spend leisure time. They also play an important role in mitigating the impact of climate change and provide valuable habitats and much-needed biodiverse corridors for wildlife.   We are currently recruiting for a F2F Fundraising Performance Coach. The purpose of this role is to support the delivery of excellent fundraising results and fundraising compliance standards and specifically the delivery of performance improvements in our F2F fundraisers through coaching, training, and continuous development. The role will also involve direct fundraising where you will be expected to meet a personal target.    

Job Title: IT Contracts Manager  Advertised Salary: £48,000 + car cash allowance (£5,100 p.a.) + benefits Location: Remote, with travel across our network required.  Average travel 2 days per week to engage with stakeholders and suppliers. Most travel at this current time is within the North (Northwest and Yorkshire) and West Midlands regions.   Are you a motivated Procurement Professional looking for a new senior role that offers development, responsibility, autonomy, flexibility and prioritises well being?   We're the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays its part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions.   Procurement are a highly engaged team and are responsible for both tendering and supply development at the Trust.  Procurement influence over 80% of the Trust non-payroll spend, in excess of £100 million, and drive significant saving efficiencies in collaboration with suppliers and stakeholders.  Our maturity has grown over the last 5 years which has resulted in a changing focus in activity from cost savings realised through tendering to driving efficiencies through supply development.   We have an exciting vacancy within our Procurement team for an IT Contracts Manager, who will manage delivery of IT contracts ensuring they give excellent service and value for money. Through use of reporting dashboards and metrics, governance and management, you will drive continuous service improvement with IT suppliers; managing competitive tendering, ensuring most economically advantageous recommendations whilst minimising risks.    The ideal applicant would have experience in contract management, tendering, and supplier development (optimisation).     See our annual report here:  https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us/annual-report-and-accounts    Location The role will be based working from home, with the allocation of a nearby Hub for collaborative working in either our Leeds, Birmingham, Hatton, Milton Keynes offices. Average travel 2 days per week to engage with stakeholders and suppliers. Most travel at this current time is within the North (Northwest and Yorkshire), West Midlands regions and Milton Keynes.     Some travel to other Trust locations, including in-person collaboration with colleagues, can be expected but will be ad hoc and on an ‘as required’ basis.    

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor   Advertised Salary:£40,000 - £43,950 + Car Cash Allowance (£425 per month) + benefits Location: Remote, with regular travel across our regional networks required. See our canal network here: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network). Number of opportunities available:x3; x1 North (covering Northwest, Yorkshire & Northeast & some of East Midlands); x2 South (covering some East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales & Southwest & Gloucester)   We are one of the UK's biggest charities and what we do is possible because of the many different people and organisations make it work – from our grant from Government, fees from boat owners and businesses, our investment and commercial income, lottery funds, corporate and local authority partnerships, and donations from the public, including their volunteer time.   We have a vacancy for a self-motivated Quantity Surveyor to assist in the delivery of our Civil Engineering, Dredging, MEICA and various other contracts in England and Wales.   We have a busy and ambitious commercial function and are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to assist within our Commercial & Contracts Team in providing an independent, expert resource to oversee the commercial aspects of contracts across the Trust. The Trust has a diverse and dynamic workforce and offers a great working culture. It carries out circa £70m per annum on civil engineering construction related projects,£10m on dredging, £7m on MEICA and various other contracts.   The majority of these are delivered under the NEC3 and NEC4, ECC, ECSC and PSC Forms of Contract through our Framework Suppliers, for which this role will assist the delivery teams in their delivery, as well as from time to time, dealing with our in-house delivery team and other contracts under various other forms of contract. We aim to ensure that the Trust ascertains value for money, and to protect the Trust and individuals within it from adverse risk.   Location & coverage Our QS will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings. Travel throughout the regional waterway network will also be expected to enable site visits, liaise with team members, and to assess/conduct necessary improvements.    The allocation of region (north/south) and the location of travel will be based on your home location. Staffordshire and above = North // Birmingham and below = South    The regularity & flexibility of travel will be discussed further at interview stage.    See our canal network here: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network).